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The psych-rock five piece, fronted by former Tame Impala guyNick Allbrook, will play five capital city shows in just over a week leading up to Christmas, showcasing tunes from their new record Hobo Rocket.

The band will hit Brisbane, Sydney, Byron, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth on run, before ringing in the New Year with festival sets at Falls and Southbound. There, they'll be given the chance to buddy up with art-pop bros MGMT, who recently told triple j that a New Years collab could be on the cards.

Pond's guitarist Jay Watson joined Tom and Alex on triple j breakfast this morning to discuss the tour, saying the band has been buoyed by the addition of new drummer Matt Handley.

"Our guitar tech from Tame Impala is Matt Handley of [90's rock band] Pollyanna fame," he said. "Matt's now going to be our drummer, and our drummer [Cam Avery] is going to play Bass, so there'll be six of us on stage. This is going to be our only headline tour on the record before we go back to record album number six."